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Profile: stranger
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Hello, I am new to this forum. I've had some bad experiences of people pretending that they know PC hardware on multiple forums, so one of my friends told me to come here for reliable information. Sorry if I sound somewhat of an amateur because I've never had to deal with any hardware outside of putting in a network card, Ram or a CD burner a while back.
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Generally speaking, I don't think CPU plays that much into performance since most people tend to play games. AMDs offer better price/performance in general then Intel. I also don't overclock because I perfer reliability over performance. I have no idea what the life of a 1 ghz oc on an intel chip is, but I've had bad experiences with OCs in the past. In general you can't go wrong with either one. Save yourself $200 on the CPU by dropping the Q6600 and going to a 5000+ and spend it on a 2nd graphics card. I'd personally blow the rest on a bigger monitor and some nice speakers. Message edited by compy386 on 02-05-2008 at 06:07:35 PM |
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You may see some newbies suggesting bad hardware every once in a while, but someone will usually correct them pretty quickly.
For a 19" LCD, no. The GT will do just fine in 1280x1024 (native res of 19-20" 4:3) or 1440x900 (native res of a 19" 16:10 widescreen)
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There is ALWAYS a drone.
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Between now and this summer, additional Intel [quad-core] CPUS will hit shelves in sufficient quantity that any recommendation made now is likely to be irrelevant.
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Thanks for everyone's help. Looks like most of you have the same opinion as me about the hardware changing a lot by the summer. Guess I will have to keep track of new things being released to see whether anything will be in my price range. |
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Natalie Gulbis...^^^...HOT!!!!
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Message edited by jalpaugh1978 on 02-06-2008 at 05:41:37 AM --------------- AMD Athlon X2 4800+ Brisbane, Biostar 570 SLI Mobo, 2gb G-Skill Ram 5-5-5-15, Seagate 160gb SATA 2 Hdd, Mushkin 550W PSU, EVGA 8800gt 512, Windows XP Pro, Arctic Cooliing Freezer 64, Coolermaster Centurion 5 Natalie Gulbis is fricken HOT!!!!!!!! |
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Profile: addict
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2 drives in a build will increase performance, if you are on a budget just get 2 of the 250gb's if not the 250gb for OS & 500gb for games, data, video, etc.
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Profile: addict
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These should fit your needs (look on buy.com too):
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Natalie Gulbis...^^^...HOT!!!!
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41A on 12v rail is more than enough, unless your planning on Sli with multiple hdd. As far as the hdd get what you want there. The PSU is BY FAR more-than-enough to power a non-SLI system and if you dont think so look at my specs to see what I have in my pc. The mushkin is a Teir 4 PSU and its powered my machine with no problems for 6 months. And now that I have had a 8800gt for a week in it, it still powers with more than enough juice...I have my cpu o/c'ed to 2.8 and my sytem is rock stable. the Corsair I suggested is much better then the one I have in my system. Also, as far which o/s to use, if you do go with Vista you might want 3 or 4 gig of ram instead of just 2. anyways g/l with your build and have fun with it --------------- AMD Athlon X2 4800+ Brisbane, Biostar 570 SLI Mobo, 2gb G-Skill Ram 5-5-5-15, Seagate 160gb SATA 2 Hdd, Mushkin 550W PSU, EVGA 8800gt 512, Windows XP Pro, Arctic Cooliing Freezer 64, Coolermaster Centurion 5 Natalie Gulbis is fricken HOT!!!!!!!! |
